Disappearing Sound

[Wade Smart]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/30/2008 02:27 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 09/30/2008 01:15 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>> NoOp wrote:
>>>>> Try here:
>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 20080930 1502 GMT-6
>>>>
>>>> Ok. I have all rows upon rows of sound drivers.
>>>>
>>>> I went through all the commands with success.
>>>>
>>>> But I think that this page is for those who have NO sound. I do have
>>>> sound. Actually I had sound for two straight hours while watching tv
>>>> online today and then after lunch, I had no sound again.
>>> :-) sounds like you have parental controls enabled :-)
>>>
>>>> Actually, Im starting to think this whole 8.04 is too buggy for me right
>>>> now. It works perfectly well on lots of peoples machines and then on
>>>> others - its totally flaky. My old dell laptop - it seems to be rock
>>>> solid but my newer desktop - I have so many problems its crazy.
>>>>
>>>> Really what I might do (if I can get the time and patience to do it) is
>>>> backup all my stuff (again), download 8.04 and burn a new disk and do
>>>> another new install. I just seem to have too many problems -
>>>> intermittent  sound just being one.
>>> What is sound card/chipset do you have?
>> 20080930 1626 GMT-6
>>
>> Parental controls??? :D
>> Well, Im trying to watch a Korean TV show on YouTube so, Im not sure the 
>> controls would work anyway. :D
> 
> LOL... but come to think of it, it could be a permission issue. Can you
> check your audio group to make sure that pulse audio is included:
> 
> cat /etc/group |grep audio
> 
> Should have your username and 'pulse' in the group. If it's not there
> add it; just put 'pulse' after the username and a comma:
> 
> audio:29:<username>,pulse
> 
>> But, here is the chipset info:
>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
>> 	Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 2009
>> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
>> 	I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
>> 	I/O ports at e080 [size=64]
>> 	Memory at ffa7f800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
>> 	Memory at ffa7f400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>> 	Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> May be related:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/258826
> 
> Not your chipset, but sounds similar:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/139914
> 
> 
> Reason for asking about the audio group is I wonder if perhaps after
> playing something the application permissions get reset or if using
> pulse it assigns a wrong device after playing. Pretty WAG, but might be
> worth checking.
> 
> BTW - my audio:
> $ lspci |grep audio
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
> (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 
> and my sound works fine. I have my device set for Intel ICH5 (Alsa
> mixer). And my Sound Preference (System|Preferences|Sounds):
> Sound Events: Autodetect
> Music and Movies: Autodetect
> Audio Conferencing: Playback=Audodetect & Capture=ALAS - Advanced...
> Default Mixer Tracks: Intel ICH5 (Alsa mixer)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

20080930 1655 GMT-6

wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ cat /etc/group |grep audio
audio:x:29:pulse,wadesmart

Under Preferences > Sounds I have the same as you except for
Default Mixer: Intel 82801DB-ICH4(alsa mixer).